Anti-Fatigue Flooring Using: "Recycled Rubber" Researcher/Designer Adrianne Price
Product Anti-Fatigue Underflooring
Type Rubber
Reference EcoSurfaces
Product Summary:

Anyone who has stood on a concrete floor or carpet over concrete know how painful and tiring it is. Using recycled rubber, anti-fatigue flooring provides the cushioning needed between the concrete base and flooring material. Employees are more productive because they are less tired from standing on their feet all day long and are in less pain at the end of the day.

In an architecture office, employees may not be on their feet all day long, but can be when building models or other various activities.

The recycled rubber is from old car tires, reusing a material that would other wise be taking up space in the local landfill.


Product Summary:

Offering high-performance, easy installation and low VOCs, recycled rubber floor underlayment systems are the solution when you want to keep things comfy, bouncy or quiet.

The recycled rubber floor underlayment is used directly underneath a number of floor coverings including rubber flooring to reduce sound transmission and vibration through floors. Available in continuous length rolls, rubber flooring meets building code standards for impact sound isolation with our without a suspended ceiling.

The comfort floor underlayment system consists of adhesive, 1/2" or 1" recycled rubber flooring or other flooring systems. Available in rolls, comfort flooring reduces fatigue and injuries while providing plenty of support in retail checkout or hotel reception areas.

Performance Attributes

* Used with a variety of flooring systems i.e. carpet and rubber
* Bio-mechanically engineered for excellent ergonomics
* Anti-fatigue underlayment - used below the finished floor - not on top
* Reduces injuries
* Recycled SBR tire rubber
* Durable
* Easy-to-install

Architectural Applications:

Asphalt Rubber

Ground tire rubber can be blended with asphalt to beneficially modify the properties of the asphalt in highway construction. Size-reduced scrap tire rubber can be used either as part of the asphalt rubber binder (a.k.a., asphalt rubber), seal coat, cap seal spray or joint and crack sealant, or as an aggregate substitution (rubber modified asphalt concrete). Benefits of using asphalt rubber include:

* longer lasting road surfaces,
* reduced road maintenance,
* cost effectiveness over the long term,
* lower road noise, and
* shorter breaking distances.

Athletic and Recreational Applications

* Ground cover under playground equipment – possesses high impact attenuation/ability to absorb the energy from falling children and objects.
* Running track material – increases a track's resiliency and decreases stress on runners' legs.
* Sports and playing fields – as a soil additive, increases the resiliency of the field thereby decreasing injuries, improves drainage, and enables better grass root structure.


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